Fishing lure



May 1, 1951 A L|ZUN 2,550,704

FISHING LURE Filed Jan. 23, 1948 JNVENToR. Hague zus Liza/7 )YZ-@Mwa//mmwdd/ndam,

Patented May l, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHING LURE v Augustus Lizun, Wharton, N. J. Application January 23, 1948,` Serial No.V 3,979

' My invention ,rentes to fishing 1uresand mre particularly to that type of' lure which" simulates a fish or an insect, whereby to attract the attention of the fish to lure the latter. With the foregoing in View, an yobject of my invention is to provide an -improved'shing lure. Q

A further object of my invention is tb'iprovid'e an improved fishing lure which incorporates means for Causing the l'ure'to skip about the surface of a'body of water with -a sputtering action whereby to attract the attention of the fish, and to lure the same.

Afurth'er object is to provide an improved fishing lure ofthe type last described which-"includes means for creating the desired effect and which comprises the' particular combination and` arrangement of the various `elements on an unconventional body of a simulated bait. f l

Other objects and advantages reside in the particular construction' of the invention; combination and arrangement of the several parts thereof, and/or in the particular method` or mode of operation, all of which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the attached drawings in connection with the following specification, wherein the invention is shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a preferred form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan View thereof;

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section taken substantially on the plane of the line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a front view of the lure according to the invention.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters vhave been used throughout to designate like parts, I (I designates a fishing line which is suitably attached by any suitable eye -II to the body I2 of a fishing lure according to thev invention. The iishing lure body I2 is formed to provide a substantially blunt front end and laconical rear end I3. Any suitable multiple hojolgs I4 are secured in any suitable manner, as bythe eye screws I5, to the under side of the bodyI2. The hooks or their particular arrangement j'with respect to the body I2 corn-prise no vpart of the present. invention.

The `forward face of the body I2 rearwardly and downwardly beveled, as generally indicated at I6, Figure 1, and has secured thereafcross a plate member I'I which is provided with f'rec ends or wing portions I9 which extend laterally outwardly of each side of the body I2. Thefree end 2, l edges of the extensions I3 are preferably rounded, and are formed to provide a plurality ofapertures I therethrough. The plate I'.' isjprefer-` ably slightly concave on its forward face,-which, together with the rearwardly and downwardly inclination of the plate, tends to cause the `lure to rise: tothe surface as the same is ldrawn through'the Water. At the same time, the openings I3 therethrough permit the passage of water through the plate, which 'passage serves to restrict suchfmovement of the plate toward the surface of the water whereby to cause a sputtering action asthe lure is drawn ahead. Thefunder surface ofthe lure body I2 rearwardly Yof the plate I1 is formed to provide a longitudinally-concave recess 20. Such recess 20 is substantially semi-cylindrical inshape and is operative to present opposed front and rear downwardly-inclined surfaces, whereby tov cause the lure to tend to dive. Thus, thecliving action created by the recess 20 cooperates with the aper tures y'I8 in the plate I'I to retard the upward-i movementwhich is instigated by the downwardly and rearwardly inclined surfaces of the plate I1.

The body I2 is provided midway of its length and on either side thereof with a pair of laterally oppositely-directed shells 2|. The shells 2I are substantially circular in shape and extend from the body I2 at an angle normal to the same. The shells 2| are secured to the body in any suitable manner, as by the fastening means 23 which secure the same to the body at the apex of the concave recess 20. Each of the shells 2| is formed to provide a forwardly-directed and substantially frusto-conical flange 22 therearound, whereby to cause said shells to be substantially cupshaped. This cup-shaped arrangement of the shells V32| providesl receptacles to catch any jets issuing through the holes I8 of the plate I'I. In this connection, it is noted that the shells 2| are vlongitudinally aligned with at least some of the openings I8 and are in rearwardly-spaced relation thereto. Thus, as any jet from the openings I8` irnpinges against the shells 2I, they are deflected radially outwardly by the frusto-conical flanges 22, whereby to retard movement of the lure through the water. This retardation of the lure passage accentuates the sputtering action and creates quite a disturbahce as the lure is drawn through the water, whereby to attract the attention of any1-ish intende o be lured.

It follows from the foregoing that the particular lure according to the invention relies for its fishattiacting properties upon" the particular arrangement of the plate I1, the holes I8 there- 1. A sh lure, comprising a substantially cylinY drical body, a forwardly-inclined plate secured.

across the front end of said body, said plate including wing portions extending laterally of= both sides of said body, said wings being eachformed to provide a plurality of spaced aperturestherthrough, and a pair of shells carried by saidlbndyirearwardly of said platejsaid shells extending laterally from each side of. said. body substantially at rightangl'esthereto and in spaced'al'ign'.- ment. with a. wingv adjacent. thereto..

2. A. sh. lure,` comprising; av substantially cylindrical body,. a forwardly-inclined'. p'late se.-l curled'v across thefront. endr of.' said body, said! plate including wingportions extending. laterallyv of both sides of saidbody, said wings being.y formed to provide apertures therethrough, and:

a pair of shells carried by said.l body rearwardlyj of said plate, there beingv a shell extending lat'-` erally from eachside of said body substantially at right angles thereto, and said shells being formed'with.forwardly-directed marginal flanges.

3:. A fish lure, comprising a substantially cy lindrical body, a forwardly-inclinedplatesecured@ acrossy the front' end' of said body, said plate'including wing portions extending laterally;ofboth sides of said body,A said wings being formed tol provide apertures therethrough, and' a pair of.4

shells carried by said body rearwardly of said plate, there being a shell extending laterally from each side of said body substantially at right angles thereto, said shells being substantially circular, said shells being formed with annular frusto-conically outwardly-directed marginal flanges therearound, and said flanges being forwardly directed.

4. A sh lure, comprisinga substantially cylindrical bodyyafforwardly-inclined plate secured across the-front end of `said,body;,sai"df plate including wing portions extending laterally of both sides of said body, said wings being formed to provide apertures therethrough, and a pair of "shells carried by said body rearwardly of said A plate;,therefbeing a shell extending laterally from each side of said body substantially at right `angles'tlrereto", saidA body being formed with a longitudinally-concave recess in the under sur- Name Date 956,872 Alger. May 3, 1910 1,193,077 schoonmaker Aug; 1, 1916 1,627,455 Peterson May 3, 1927 21,155,294 Barnettl Apr: 18,r 1939s 2,387,255 Godlewsk-i Oct..23; 19451 21,450,253 Parnell. Santi-28,1948.`

FOREIGN" PATENTS Number Country Date Great Britain- Sept. 22,. 1927` 

